2025-26 Fall - COMP2633 - Competitive Programming in Cybersecurity I

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Description

Cyber-attacks mounted by malicious attackers have been creating significant damage to various companies and individuals around the globe in the recent years; cybersecurity is now a high priority consideration for the major businesses worldwide. To deepen the practical knowledge in fighting against the cybersecurity threats, cybersecurity competitions are being organized every year by various institutions and organizations. This course prepares interested students with the practical knowledge for taking part in cybersecurity contests. The course will be offered as a 0-credit course in the Fall semester. Enrolled students will learn the common topics in the first 5 weeks of the Fall, getting trained in fundamental knowledge of cybersecurity. Then they will divide into two tracks in the remainder of the Fall. One track will be concentrating on topics like binary analysis, reverse engineering, the other track will be concentrating on topics like web exploitation, cryptography, computer forensics, and other miscellaneous topics. Graded P or F.
Course period1/09/2531/12/25
Course levelUG
Course formatLaboratory